1998, Maurice Roger, director of Dior perfumes, composed a charismatic and mysterious bouquet, like a fusion of contrasts, imbued with audacity and sensuousness along the lines of the perfume Poison. Imagined as a scent for “la femme-fleur”, this fragrance adopted all the magnetism and mystery of these sensual, elegant, women, the object of every obsession, who leave something soft and lasting in their wake. It’s a magic potion through which femininity is given the aplomb of an Oriental nectar, to reveal all the charming aroma of a carnal mystery. A femme fatale, enigmatic and adventurous, wears it on her naked skin, this arresting harmony where four contrasting facets are combined. Bitter almond and caraway, opulent Sambac jasmine, unspeakable jacaranda, an overdose of vanilla, and sensual musks are the base of the deliciousness of the first olfactory impression. In the end, Hypnotic Poison by Christian Dior revives the fascination that the feminine mystery exercises over us all, as if it were a well-kept secret at long last revealed.
The first edition was constructed around sensual and enrapturing aromas. It also leads you to beautiful memories of your childhood, all while being a volcano of passion that electrifies the senses with a molten downpour of emotion. All of this venomous and magnetic seduction is poured into nearly opaque glass with a rounded form, in a deep and luminous red, engraved with golden letters. This authentic poison is imprisoned in a flask who’s generous volume is sealed up with a black stopper. Like a nod to the myth of Adam and Eve, the glass artisan fashioned a bottle in the form of the original apple. And so it’s a perfume made to dress the woman in a sleeve of desire, made to see its flask spray out an irresistible effluvium of seduction. Christian Dior wanted first and foremost to compose perfumed jewels that could be seen and worn as true pieces of Haute Couture. With Hypnotic Poison, an irrevocable love potion slips into the hands of women everywhere, like muses Monica Bellucci and Mélanie Laurent, who with but one look can bring the world to its knees.
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